Colin Douglas | Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

Threesome – The Other Theatre Company

What begins with a frank, but very funny first act, evolves into a riveting, dramatic second act that flips

Jesus Christ Superstar – Paramount Theatre

British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber teamed up with lyricist Tim Rice back in 1970 to create a rock

Pinocchio – Chicago Children’s Theatre

Back in 1883, before children’s literature had become popular, Italian writer Carlo Collodi wrote a

Hookman – Steep Theatre

Using a movie genre that primarily appeals to young men, playwright Lauren Yee (whose work is also currently

Aladdin – Broadway in Chicago

The story of Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp is quite likely the most popular and best known of the

Disney’s Tarzan: the Stage Musical – NightBlue Theatre

Continuing in the vein of other previously successful stage adaptations of Disney cartoons, such as

Visiting – Artemisia Theatre

In Ed Proudfoot’s latest drama, following on the footsteps of this company’s acclaimed 2016

King of the Yees – Goodman Theatre

Along the streets of San Francisco’s Chinatown, the home of the nation’s largest community of Chinese

Mystery of Love and Sex – Writers Theatre

Bathsheba Doran, a playwright and television writer, especially known for her script writing for “Smash,” HBO’s

For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday – Shattered Globe

Sarah Ruhl, the distinguished and celebrated, two-time Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright, has